Coin-delivering device



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COIN DELI NG DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR-12, I919 INVENTOR. %;y @617,

ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 28,1920.

MERLE J. WEST, OF llrIILfTAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COIN-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application filed April 12, 1919. Serial No. 289,586.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERLE J. -Wnsr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Delivering Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in dispensing or delivering de vices for coins or articles of somewhat similar shape and size.

When coins are given in change, as for instance from the sale of theater tickets, or in fact of any commodity, and are placed on a flat surface or counter, they are extremely difficult to pick up. Everyone has undoubtedly experienced the difficulty of collecting coins under such conditions, not only wasting his own time and that of the salesman, but of other prospective customers also.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide a device to expedite the delivery of" coins from a salesman to a purchaser or under other conditions.

With this principal object in view the invention also contemplates means for procuring a positive functioning of the several cooperating parts so that delivery is always certain.

The invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 11 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.

From these illustrations it will be noted that the invention consists essentially of three main parts, the coin receptacle or cup, the stand or support for the same, and a means for delivering the coins from the cup,

any one or all of which may be varied within certain limits to change their form and proportions, and in also to some extent their correlation. For instance, the stand for the coin cup may be entirely eliminated.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, it will be seen that in its preferred embodiment the coin receptacle or cup 1 of the invention is molded of glass or other transparent material, is circular in cross section and has an upper open end 2 and a discharge opening 3. The wall of the inside of the cup is inclineddownwardly and inwardly from saidopen end 2 to the discharge opening 3 so that any coins or the like deposited therein will be directed downwardly toward the bottom of the cup.

Adjacent the upper edge of the cup 1 the outer wall thereof is provided with an annular reinforcing portion 4 in which is cast an annular channel 5. An attaching band 6 18 disposed in said channel 5 and is adapted to have a plurality of suitably spaced legs 7 riveted or otherwise secured thereto. It will be noted that in this form of my invention that the legs space the cup a slight distance above a counter or the like 8.

These legs consist of metallic strips bent into substantial inverted U-shape, the base portions thereof being disposed over the open upper end of the cup to provide a guard 9. When two strips are utilized to provide four legs as shown, the intermediate portions of the strips are crossed at right angles as indicated in Fig. 2 so that ready access to the interior of the cup is prevented.

The closure for the outlet or discharge opening 3 of the cup consists of a substantially ellipsoidal or ovaliform member 10 which operates by gravity to normally close the "bottom of the cup. The axis of the member 10 is preferably vertical and is retained in this position by the provision of a guide stem 11 having sliding contact in a longitudinal central bore 12 formed in the member 10. Said stem depends from the crossed portion of the guard strips 9 and is positioned centrally of the opening 3.

The inner conical end 10 of the closure member 10 is adapted to direct coins dropped into the cup toward the wall of the latter and toward the discharge opening 3, while the inverted outer conical end 10 of said member extends below the bottom of the cup to form an actuating portion whereby the device nay be operated. It will be noted that the greatest cross sectional diameter of the member 10 is longer than the diameter of the discharge opening 3 so that when said member drops by gravity to the bottom of the cup its central portion will engage the inner edge of said opening and thereby prevent coins from passing therethrough.

lVhen, however, it is desired to remove coins deposited in the cup, a person inserts his hand below the bottom of the cup and till presses upwardly on the portion 10 of the closure member, thus moving the same inwardly and providing a space between the edge of the discharge opening 3 and the wall of the member. Said closure member is held in this position until all the coins in the cup slide through the annular passageway thus formed, whereupon the closure member is released and drops by gravity into the position illustrated in Fig. l,'it being guided both in its inner and outer movements by the stem 11. From this description of the construc tion and operation oi the device it will be evident that I have invented an extremely simple coin dispenser, the operation of which will be readily apparent to any one and positive at all times. Owin to its extremely simple construction and the small number oi? parts of which it is constructed, the device may be very inexpensively manufactured.

I claim: I

1. A coin delivery device comprising a cup having an outlet opening, the wall of said cup being converged toward said opening, and an inverted conical shaped closure member disposed in said cup, the large end portion of said member being normally seated against the portion of said converged wall adjacent the outlet opening of the cup, the end portion of the member being disposed externally of the cup to provide an engaging portion for moving the same inwardly of the cup to uncover the outlet opening to permit the discharge of coins or the like therethrough.

2. A device of the class described comprising a cup having an outlet opening, the wall of said cup being converged toward said opening, and a conical shaped gravity actuated closure member normally closing said opening, the end portion of the conical shaped member being disposed inwardly of the cup to direct coins or the like toward said wall, said member being movable inwardly of the cup to permit the contents to discharge through said openin 3. A device of the class described comprising a cup having an outlet opening, and a substantially ellipsoidal closure member normally closing the opening, one conical end portion of the member being disposed eX- ternally oi the cup, the other conical end portion being positioned inwardly of the cup to direct coins or the like toward said outlet opening.

4. A dispensing-device comprising a container cup having an outlet opening, a relaively stationar guide stem carried by the cup, ann a normally closed gravity actuated closure member slidable on said stem, said member being movable at will with respect to the cup to uncover the opening, the member automatically closing the opening upon release.

5. A dispensing device comprising a container cup having an outlet opening, a relatively stationary guide stem carried by the cup, and an inverted conical shaped closure member movable in said cup and normally closing said opening, said member having a substantially axial bore receiving said stem for sliding movement thereon, the end por tion of said member being disposed outwardly of the cup for operative engagement.

6. A dispensing device comprising a container cup having an outlet opening, a rela tively stationar guide stem carried by the cup, and a substantially ellipsoidal closure member disposed in said cup, said member having a substantially axial bore receivsaid stem, said member being slidable thereon.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of l/Visconsm.

MERLE J. WEST. 

